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    P170HM GT560M, 90C+ idle temps. HELP!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by XTimmy, Oct 1, 2012.

  1. XTimmy

    XTimmy Newbie

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    This forum has been a great source of info for me, but I can't find a specific fix for my problem via searching.
    My p170HM with GPU 560M started overheating. So I popped it open and cleaned out the vents, huge dust build up no worries all tidy inside now! However now it does this.
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    At idle! That's the GPU temperatures in CENTIGRADE, with all the fans at max! It's just sitting there at that temperature! I'm wondering if it's misreporting or if it is genuinely getting that hot. Naturally it shuts itself down once it tries to do anything at all.

    I'm going travelling in less than two weeks and I'm super worried about handing it over to the reseller since repair times here are just plain slow.
     
    XTimmy, Oct 1, 2012
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  2. Beavy

    Beavy Notebook Guru

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    There is something wrong with your termal compound. My 560m is sitting at mid 40's at idle and up to mid 70's when gaming. I didnt repaste for like a year tho. My advice is to repaste, this should fix your problem.
     
    Beavy, Oct 1, 2012
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  3. XTimmy

    XTimmy Newbie

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    That's tomorrows mission! Any idea why it'd be jumping up and down like that?
     
    XTimmy, Oct 1, 2012
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  4. Beavy

    Beavy Notebook Guru

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    No but your temp are really high. Monitor them again after repaste and post them here if they are that high, maybe some of the other forum members can chime in.
     
    Beavy, Oct 1, 2012
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  5. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    download nvidia inspector for your gpu and core temp for your cpu as these seem to give the most correct readings ive seen with many bits of monitoring software.
    both found in my sig below.
     
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  6. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    90C while idle is much higher then it should be, even if you didnt have any heat sink on there at all it shouldn't be that high. Its either the software reporting wrong or a bad card.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Oct 1, 2012
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